Correspondent, nick beake in kalamata in greece. Dramatic news from the court this morning. Yes, absolutely. There were loud cheers when the protesters who were outside the court heard this news, when the verdict of the three judges filtered through to people outside. Basically what has happened here is that the judges have looked at this case and they have thrown it out, and that means that these nine egyptian men, who have been in custody for the best part of a year, we anticipate that they will be freed. They have just been taken back to the prison where they have been detained for 11 months, but the expectation is that they will be free men. How did we get to this point . This trial started early this morning, and the Defence Lawyers were saying that because this boat sank in international waters, the court he had nojurisdiction, so basically no legal basis to try these nine men. The threejudges considered this and the prosecutor, who for the past 11 months has been building a case
Neighbour, azerbaijan. The Iranian Foreign minister was also killed, along with everyone else on board. The cause of the crash has not yet been established. Lets speak to our bbc persian reporter, Bahman Kalbassi in new york. Hejoins us now he joins us now from hejoins us now from new he joins us now from new york. Good to see you. Talk us through then today, whats happening and when . The through then today, whats happening and when . The body of mr president happening and when . The body of mr president raisi happening and when . The body of mr president raisi and happening and when . The body of mr president raisi and foreign mr president raisi and Foreign Minister and others in the team are first inter breeze, in North Western iran and going to take iran and then to the city of gone, religious city and then to the northeast of iran where he will finally be buried, we had been established his power before entering the office of presidency. So, so its a sort of central religious city
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